LBC regular reviewer Michelle has been reading again... Thanks again Michelle! ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS BARBARA ERSKINE BLURB (AMAZON) A compelling story of a woman trapped in the wrong time, and a powerful, deadly curse that haunts three generations without mercy... Adam Craig is fourteen when, near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild … Continue reading On the Edge of Darkness – GUEST
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The Moon at Midnight – GUEST
Another review from Michelle. 🙂 THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT CHARLOTTE BINGHAM BLURB (AMAZON) It is late autumn, 1962, and darkness is falling, but not just over the idyllic fishing port of Bexham. The threat of atomic warfare is so real that people are taking their children to work, or staying home with their families as … Continue reading The Moon at Midnight – GUEST
Christmas read for Helen thanks to Enid Blyton challenge
There's a book I missed for the challenge and I'm kicking myself that I can't remember reading it or added it to the list. It was one fo my favourites. it's the Adventures of the wishing chair. I found a post here which I found while researching her other books today and loved the piece … Continue reading Christmas read for Helen thanks to Enid Blyton challenge
Enid Blyton Challenge Book 06- The Magic Faraway Tree
The Magic Faraway Tree Jo, Bessie and Fanny take their cousin Rick on an adventure he'll never forget to the magic Faraway Tree, where he meets Moon-Face, Silky the fairy and Saucepan Man, and visits all the different lands at the top of the Faraway Tree. Like the Land of Spells, the crazy Land of … Continue reading Enid Blyton Challenge Book 06- The Magic Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton Challenge book 09 – Mr Galliano’s circus
Mr Galliano's Circus (Circus Series #1) When Mr Galliano's circus comes to town, Jimmy is very excited. He soon makes friends with Lotta the circus girl and the other fascinating circus folk. Then, when Jimmy's father is asked to join the circus as odd-job man, the little boy is delighted. Follow his adventures as he … Continue reading Enid Blyton Challenge book 09 – Mr Galliano’s circus
LBC Dystopia – Book 12 – Gone Away World – Nick Harkaway
LBC DYSTOPIA Venue: Crowd of Favours Date: Tuesday 28th of October 2014 Time: 6pm - 8pm Address: Harper Street, LS2 7EA Tel: 0113 246 9405 DISCUSSING THE GONE AWAY WORLD NICK HARKAWAY * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * * * * * * * * SPOILERS * * * … Continue reading LBC Dystopia – Book 12 – Gone Away World – Nick Harkaway
Man Booker Challenge 2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan Taking its title from one of the most famous books in Japanese literature, written by the great haiku poet Basho, Flanagan’s novel has as its heart one of the most infamous episodes of Japanese history, the construction of the Thailand-Burma Death Railway in World War II. … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Man Booker Challenge 2014: How to be both
How to be both, by Ali Smith How to be both is a novel all about art's versatility. Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it's a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. There's a renaissance artist of the 1460s. There's the child of a child of the … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: How to be both
Man Booker Challenge 2014: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen Joy Fowler As a child, Rosemary never stopped talking, so why, now she's a young woman at college, doesn't she talk very much at all? She used to have a sister, Fern, the same age as her, and an older brother, Lowell. She loved both fiercely but … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Man Booker Challenge 2014: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris Paul O'Rourke - dentist extraordinaire, reluctant New Yorker, avowed atheist, disaffected Red Sox fan, and a connoisseur of the afternoon mochaccino - is a man out of touch with modern life. While his dental practice occupies his days, his nights are filled with darker thoughts, as … Continue reading Man Booker Challenge 2014: To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
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